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Multiple choice biology food and human health balanced diet and malnutrition balanced and unbalanced food digestive disorders diseases caused by changes in lifestyle diseases and toxic substance health and its maintenance

Deficiency of protein leads to

  1. Rickets

  2. Scurvy

  3. Kwashiorkor

  4. Carotenemia
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Kwashiorkor is a protein energy malnutrition that occurs in children, 1 to 5 years of age, due to constantly reduced protein availability while the requirement is high. A kwashiorkor child has match stick legs, protruded pot belly, blotchy skin, bulging eyes, wasted muscles, anaemia, oedema due to deficiency of albumin and repeated diarrhoea.

Multiple choice biology food and human health balanced diet and malnutrition balanced and unbalanced food digestive disorders diseases caused by changes in lifestyle diseases and toxic substance health and its maintenance

Kwashiorkor disease caused due to deficiency of

  1. Protein

  2. Fat

  3. Sugar

  4. Hormone
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Kwashiorkor is a protein deficiency disease. It commonly affects infants and children between 1 to 3 year of age. The symptoms are underweight children, stunted growth, poor brain development, loss of appetite, anaemia, dermatitis on lower leg and face. Proteins are necessary for growth, repair of tissue and for body defence therefore adequate amount of proteins must be present in the diet. Daily requirement is 1 gm protein per kg body weight in adult and 2 gm protein per kg body weight in growing children. Important sources of protein in food are cereals, pulses, meat, fish, milk, groundnut, peas etc.

Multiple choice biology food and human health balanced diet and malnutrition balanced and unbalanced food digestive disorders diseases caused by changes in lifestyle diseases and toxic substance health and its maintenance

Deficiency of protein leads to

  1. Rickets

  2. Scurvy

  3. Kwashiorker

  4. Carotenemia
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Kwashiorkor is a severe form of malnutrition, caused by a deficiency in dietary protein. It is characterised by the edema, irritability etc. Whereas rickets is the deficiency disorder of vitamin D, scurvy is the deficiency disorder of vitamin C and  carotenemia is caused by the excessive consumption of beta-carotene rich food. Thus, the correct answer is option C.

Multiple choice biology food and human health balanced diet and malnutrition balanced and unbalanced food digestive disorders diseases caused by changes in lifestyle diseases and toxic substance health and its maintenance

Kwashiorkor is likely in children who get

  1. Low-iron diet

  2. Low-vitamin diet

  3. Low-fat diet

  4. Low-protein diet
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Kwashiorkor is a severe form of malnutrition, caused by a deficiency in dietary protein. The extreme lack of protein causes an osmotic imbalance in the gastro-intestinal system causing swelling of the gut diagnosed as an edema or retention of water. Protein Energy Malnutrition (PEM) is a public health problem that exists among children in developing countries, and in certain communities of some developed countries mainly resulting from poor nutritional intake, bad hygiene practices and frequent infections.

Multiple choice biology food and human health balanced diet and malnutrition balanced and unbalanced food digestive disorders diseases caused by changes in lifestyle diseases and toxic substance health and its maintenance

Kwashiorkor disease develops due to

  1. Malnutrition

  2. Overeating

  3. Catalysis

  4. Mutation
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Kwashiorkor is a form of malnutrition that occurs when there is not enough protein in the diet. 

Causes: Kwashiorkor is most common in areas where there is famine, limited food supply, low levels of education (when people do not understand how to eat a proper diet).
This disease is more common in very poor countries. It often occurs during a drought or other natural disaster, or during political unrest. These conditions are responsible for a lack of food, which leads to malnutrition.
Thus, the correct answer is option A.

Multiple choice biology food and human health balanced diet and malnutrition balanced and unbalanced food digestive disorders diseases caused by changes in lifestyle diseases and toxic substance health and its maintenance

Which of the following regarding the dietary requirements of the major food stuffs is correct?

  1. Adults can synthesise all of the amino acids found in proteins.

  2. Children who have a protein deficient diet may develop kwashiorkor.

  3. Edema is a characteristic feature of marasmus.

  4. People whose diets are low in fats often suffer from fatty acid deficiency diseases.
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Kwashiorkor is the Malnutrition that occurs when there is not enough protein in the diet.

Symptoms include abdominal swelling, diarrhoea, enlarged liver, frequent infections, generalized infections, failure to thrive, severe unintentional weight loss, swelling in extremities, apathy, hair loss, irritability, middle ear infection, or skin rash. Hence Children who have a protein deficient diet may develop kwashiorkor.

So, the correct option is 'Children who have a protein deficient diet may develop kwashiorkor'.

Multiple choice biology food and human health balanced diet and malnutrition balanced and unbalanced food digestive disorders diseases caused by changes in lifestyle diseases and toxic substance health and its maintenance

Kwashiorkor is a disease which is caused due to deficiency of 

  1. Only carbohydrates

  2. Only proteins

  3. Both carbohydrates and protein

  4. Fats and carbohydrates
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Kwashiorkor is the most common and widespread nutritional disorder in developing countries. It is a form of malnutrition caused by not getting enough protein in your diet. Every cell in your body contains protein. You need protein in your diet for your body to repair cells and make new cells. A healthy body regenerates cells in this manner constantly. Protein is also important for growth during childhood and pregnancy. 

Therefore, the correct answer is option B.

Multiple choice biology food and human health balanced diet and malnutrition balanced and unbalanced food digestive disorders diseases caused by changes in lifestyle diseases and toxic substance health and its maintenance

A child eats food rich in carbohydrates and avoids protein in its diet. Which type of nutritional deficiency will affect that child?

  1. Kwashiorkar

  2. Nyctalopia

  3. Diabetes

  4. Down syndrome
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

A diet high in carbohydrates but lacking protein leads to Kwashiorkor. This condition is common in children who are weaned off breast milk onto a starchy, protein-poor diet.

Multiple choice biology food and human health balanced diet and malnutrition balanced and unbalanced food digestive disorders diseases caused by changes in lifestyle diseases and toxic substance health and its maintenance

A person whose diet is deficient in proteins may have 

  1. Swelling of face

  2. Obesity

  3. Bent bones

  4. Poor vision
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

The one whose diet is deficient in proteins is suffering from kwashiorkor. The symptoms of this include, edema or swelling (of face), change in skin and hair color, fatigue, diarrhoea, irritability.
Therefore, the correct answer is option A.

Multiple choice biology food and human health balanced diet and malnutrition balanced and unbalanced food digestive disorders diseases caused by changes in lifestyle diseases and toxic substance health and its maintenance

Protein deficiency in children is called

  1. Obesity

  2. Marasmus

  3. Diabetes

  4. Kwashiorkor
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Kwashoprkor is caused by the deficiency of proteins in diet  this disease occurs in children of age group 1 to 5 years.